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Melodifestivalen 1992
After Carola Häggkvist's win in the 1991 contest, Sweden was the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, held in Malmö. Sveriges Television, the Swedish broadcaster, continued to use the Melodifestivalen format to select their entry. Christer Björkman represented the country with the song "I morgon är en annan dag", composed by Niklas Strömstedt. Before Eurovision Melodifestivalen 1992 Melodifestivalen 1992 was the selection for the 32nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 31st time that this system of picking a song had been used. 1,544 songs were submitted to SVT for the competition. The final was held in the Cirkus in Stockholm on 14 March 1992, presented by Adde Malmberg and Claes Malmberg and broadcast on Kanal 1 and Sveriges Radio's P3 network. Christer Björkman's result at Eurovision was Sweden's worst since 1977, until 2003 the worst result of a Eurovision host country. The show was watched by 5,376,000 people. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christer Björkman
Christer Samuel Björkman (; born 25 August 1957) is a Swedish singer and television producer. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "I morgon är en annan dag". From 2002 to 2021, he served as a producer of Melodifestivalen, and remained an important figure in Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest. He stepped down from this position after Melodifestivalen 2021, and is currently working at Voxovation, a Los Angeles-based company that focuses on expanding the Eurovision Song Contest brand into other markets. Biography Björkman was born in Borås as the son of gaming entrepreneur Ulla Björkman (b. 1939). He never met his father while he was alive. He began working as a hairdresser, and soon had his own hair salon in Borås. In 1985, Björkman started his entertainment career by recording a song called "Våga och vinn", which was produced by Bruno Glenmark. Björkman won Melodifestivalen 1992 with "I morgon är en annan dag", and rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel (Swedish Band)
Angel was a group from Degerfors in Sweden, breaking through with their 1991 chart success '' Sommaren i city''. History On 2 Augusti 2007, the band appeared during the Stockholm Pride schlager evening, performing the songs "Sommaren i city" and "Venus Butterfly". A "Sommarkrysset" appearance, aired over TV4, was done on 25 August 2007. The girls came from Degerfors and Karlskoga. In 1992, the band released the album '' Äventyr i natten'', and participated at Melodifestivalen with the song ''Venus Butterfly''. Originally, Anna Åkesson was the vocalist. Linda Jansson later was one of three cowriters of the song '' När vindarna viskar mitt namn'', which won Melodifestivalen 2000, performed by Roger Pontare Fred Roger Pontare (born Roger Johansson; 17 October 1951) is a Swedish musician. He lives in Bjuråker in Hudiksvalls kommun. Pontare was born in Arjeplog Municipality, and is of Sami descent. He has represented Sweden twice in the Eurovisi .... Members *Linda Jans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslavia In The Eurovision Song Contest 1992
Yugoslavia participated for the last time in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, held in Malmö, Sweden as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (consisting of Serbia and Montenegro). The last Yugoslav representative was Extra Nena with the song "Ljubim te pesmama". Before Eurovision Jugovizija 1992 The national final was held on 28 March 1992 in the RTV Belgrade Studios in Belgrade. The show was hosted by Dragana Katić and Radoš Bajić. The Yugoslav national broadcaster, JRT, invited all Yugoslav republics to participate in the national final, however, Slovenian and Croatian broadcasters didn't send any entries as their independence had widespread recognition by January 1992. There was also no Albanian candidates from Kosovo due to rising tensions in Kosovo between Albanians and Serbs. Originally, these three songs were supposed to be performed as songs number 7, 9 and 19, representing RTV Skopje: Tanja, Lidija & Tanja - Slatka tajna (7), Milk & Company - Lady (9) and Draga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jag Kan Se En ängel (song)
Jag kan se en ängel is a jazz-inspired dansband song written by Johnny Thunqvist and Kaj Svenling. It was one of the entries for Melodifestivalen 1992, where it was performed by Lena Pålsson, back then singer of Wizex. The song started as number 10 out for the evening, and was knocked out in the first round. However, the song charted at Svensktoppen ''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly record chart airing at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. The last years before the January 2003 cha ... for two weeks between 19–26 April 1992, with positions 9-10. It was also released as a single in 1992. References 1992 singles Melodifestivalen songs of 1992 Wizex songs 1992 songs {{1990s-Sweden-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wizex
Wizex is a Swedish dansband formed in Osby in 1973. It purchased the rights to the name from a band that started as ''Ulrik Wittmans Kvintett'' in 1957''.'' When Ulrik Wittman left the band in 1963 they started to use the name ''Wizex''. When read out the name sounds like "The Six of Us", "vi sex", in Swedish, and it was six persons left in the band when they changed the name. Today's band had six founders and was allowed to purchase the name, and hence use 1973 as the starting point. Wizex broke through in 1977 when they performed on nationwide TV-show '' Nygammalt'' and got its first top ten on the Swedish charts same year with the song ''Vagabond.'' The following year they finished 2nd in the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1978. Big hits with Wizex were songs as ''Tusen och en natt'', ''Djupa vatten'', ''Miss Decibel'', ''Älska mig'', '' Om himlen och Österlen'', ''Flickan, jägarn och priset'', ''Jag måste nå min ängel'', ''Som en symfoni'' and '' När vi rör varann''. The r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Enda Gång (song)
"En enda gång", lyrics by Hans Skoog and music Martin Klaman, is a power ballad which Kikki Danielsson performed when it finished fourth at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1992. Kikki Danielsson had throat problems, which caused her voice to become more hoarse than usual. However, this didn't seem to affect the result in a negative way, since the song reminded of those heavy mer ballads with hoarse singer remaining popularity at that time. The lyrics is natural romantic, like many other Kikki Danielssons songs. In "En enda gång", Swedish for "Only one time", the singer describes its love as several natural phenomenas. Svensktoppen "En enda gång" stayed on the Swedish chart Svensktoppen for one week, where it was on the 10th place. References Informationat Svensk mediedatabas Svensk mediedatabas (''Swedish Media Database'') is a search engine for the audiovisual works of the National Library of Sweden. The database contains data about TV, radio, video, movies that have been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kikki Danielsson
Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson (born 10 May 1952) is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She has gained notice for yodeling in some songs. Danielsson gained her largest popularity in the Nordic region from the late 1970s until the late 1990s. She also gained popularity at the US country stage during the 1980s. In 1986, she had the "Kikki i Nashville" TV show. Life and work Danielsson was born in Osby, Sweden, and resides in Gävleborg. In total, she has participated nine times at the Swedish Melodifestivalen and one time at the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix. She has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1982 (as a part of the Swedish pop and country group Chips with the song "Dag efter dag", finishing 8th) and in the 1985 (solo) with the song "Bra vibrationer", finishing 3rd. Kikki Danielsson was born in Osby, but was adopted and lived on a farm in Älmhult, Småland from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Rådsten
Ingela ''Maria'' Kristina Rådsten-Ekman (born 6 April 1966) is a Swedish singer. She began her musical career with the group Peter's Pop Squad. Later, she would become part of One More Time, with which she achieved great international success. She has participated four times in the Melodifestivalen: * As a solo artist in Melodifestivalen 1992, with the song "Vad som än händer" ("Whatever Happens"), achieving third place. * As a songwriter in Melodifestivalen 1995, as the author of the song "Det Vackraste" ("The Most Beautiful Thing"), finishing at second place. * With One More Time in Melodifestivalen 1996, with the song "Den Vilda" ("The Savage"), winning the contest and later participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, where they reached third place. * In Melodifestivalen 2003, in the choir behind Nanne Grönvall and her song "Evig Kärlek" ("Eternal Love"). In 2003, she released a new single called "Head Over Heels", as a calling card of sorts for her new album. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Py Bäckman
Py Marie Elisabet Ulrika Bäckman Wennborn (born 5 July 1948, Stockholm) is a Swedish musician. She is a singer and songwriter of pop and rock for musicals and films. She also plays piano and harmonica. Career Bäckman grew up in Iggesund (Gävleborg County) and started her career at nine years old when she was discovered by a touring radio show. After that, she was called up by the Swedish TV show host, Lennart Hyland Otto Lennart Hyland (24 September 1919 – 15 March 1993), was a Swedish TV-show host and journalist and one of the most popular and renowned TV personalities in the history of Swedish television. His biggest success as an entertainer was unquestio ..., and came down to Stockholm, where she made her TV debut in 1957. After the television appearance, she toured around and sang songs in various public parks. As a teenager, she thought it was frivolous singing pop music and began instead with rock music. In 1973, she began touring across Europe as a lead singer wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shanes (Swedish Band)
The Shanes were a Swedish rock band active from 1963 to 1969. The group played in a variety of British- and American-influenced styles, including British R&B, Merseybeat, and instrumental pop. They were successful in their home country, landing a string of top ten hit singles, including "Chris-Craft No. 9", which reached number 2 there in 1967.Richie Unterberger, The Shanesat Allmusic They released one single in the UK on Columbia Records, "I Don't Want Your Love", but it did not chart there. Members *Lennart Grahn - vocals *Tommy Wåhlberg - guitar, vocals *Staffan Berggren - lead guitar *Tor-Erik Rautio - drums *Kit Sundqvist - keyboards, guitar, vocals *Rolf Carvenius - saxophone *Svante Elfgren - bass Discography LPs * ''Let Us Show You!'' (1964) * ''The Shanegang'' (1965) * ''Shanes Again!'' (1966) * ''Ssss Shanes!'' (1967) * ''VI'' (1967) Swedish singles EPs * ''Shanes-Moonlighters live!'' (1965; Columbia SEGS-138) * ''Let Me Tell Yah'' (1966; Columbia SEGS- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
